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forward forming our business tax. we were able to put that 09ctionv ballot and it passed overwhelmingly. the debate on tics has been going on for a long time and it's one of those eternal debates at city hall. and i am pleased that we potentially have a resolution that will balance the needs of our many citizens this this -- or many residents, i should say, of this city, whether renters or tic owners, being able to find that common ground. ~ in this i will note to those who have been critical of the legislation that supervisor farrell and i introduced, i'll be honest, i didn't see very much dialogue about how to move forward to resolution before the legislation was actually pending. sides were extremely polarized and there was no -- i don't think that there was any meaningful discussion of how do we come up with some sort of legislation that everyone can live with and move forward. we now potentially have that. and sometimes even though ideally you want to work things out and come forward and introduce legislation tha
forward forming our business tax. we were able to put that 09ctionv ballot and it passed overwhelmingly. the debate on tics has been going on for a long time and it's one of those eternal debates at city hall. and i am pleased that we potentially have a resolution that will balance the needs of our many citizens this this -- or many residents, i should say, of this city, whether renters or tic owners, being able to find that common ground. ~ in this i will note to those who have been critical...
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between the funds and the local funds that are primarily sales tax and transit fares and it is two-thirds of the money. and the down side of course is that has been some what of a necessity because of the lack of investment and sacramento and washington and the good news is that when you raise your own money, and you can write your own rules and that is something that we have done to the benefit and not done a lot of highways in the area and you tear them down more than you build them and we need to
between the funds and the local funds that are primarily sales tax and transit fares and it is two-thirds of the money. and the down side of course is that has been some what of a necessity because of the lack of investment and sacramento and washington and the good news is that when you raise your own money, and you can write your own rules and that is something that we have done to the benefit and not done a lot of highways in the area and you tear them down more than you build them and we...
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between the funds and the local funds that are primarily sales tax and transit fares and it is two-thirds of the money. and the down side of course is that has been some what of a necessity because of the lack of investment and sacramento and washington and the good news is that when you raise your own money, and you can write your own rules and that is something that we have done to the benefit and not done a lot of highways in the area and you tear them down more than you build them and we need to invest in the transit and we need to invest in the bicycle modes and when we generate a lot of money we have a better time doing that when we deal with the federal or the state rule book. and we tend to divide this money in this planning exercise, into two different pots, pretty much just to cut to the chase because a lot of the money about 80 percent of the money that we call committed is committed to the specific purposes by law and long standing policy as most of the money that you can see in this slide is main nens of the existing system and 90 percent of this money is going to maintain ou
between the funds and the local funds that are primarily sales tax and transit fares and it is two-thirds of the money. and the down side of course is that has been some what of a necessity because of the lack of investment and sacramento and washington and the good news is that when you raise your own money, and you can write your own rules and that is something that we have done to the benefit and not done a lot of highways in the area and you tear them down more than you build them and we...
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in the huffing ton post the mayor writes "the time has come to deidealize, tax and regulate marijuana. anything less is not enough "at the california democratic state convention this month, he said marijuana prosecution hits latinos and african-americans the hardest effecting their ability to find work, housing, and financial aid. >> the war on drugs is abject failure. we sent a higher percentage of african-american males to prison and jails in this country than we do to college and universities in california. >> there is some study most politicians are secretly in favor of legalizing marijuana but are afraid to say so in public. so far only washington state and colorado have legalized marijuana for recreational use. i did try to get gavin to do to talk more about this, but i haven't heard back from him as of yet. >> a mock memorial service, rather, was held outside the wells fargo headquarters in san francisco and protesters homes lost to the foreclosure crisis. >> demonstrators as they a banner and calling on wells fargo to stop the eviction. they say home security is basic human ri
in the huffing ton post the mayor writes "the time has come to deidealize, tax and regulate marijuana. anything less is not enough "at the california democratic state convention this month, he said marijuana prosecution hits latinos and african-americans the hardest effecting their ability to find work, housing, and financial aid. >> the war on drugs is abject failure. we sent a higher percentage of african-american males to prison and jails in this country than we do to college...
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. >> item 18 is a resolution approving the issuance of tax exempt obligation by the california enterprise development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 9 million to finance and refinance various capital facilities owned by the progress foundation. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 19. >> item 19 is an ordinance [speaker not understood] general fund reserve of approximately 4.3 million to support shortfalls in the sheriff's department for fiscal year 2012 through 13. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you, president chiu. colleagues, this is a supplemental that came before our budget and finance committee last week from our sheriff's department. it's the third supplemental we've seen this budget season. the first of the public defenders which is going to be coming back for another hearing soon and second obviously the department of public health supplemental. the reason for the supplemental were twofold. one, unknown workers' compensation costs due to a few big claims that were not predicted last year as well as overtime costs due larg
. >> item 18 is a resolution approving the issuance of tax exempt obligation by the california enterprise development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 9 million to finance and refinance various capital facilities owned by the progress foundation. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 19. >> item 19 is an ordinance [speaker not understood] general fund reserve of approximately 4.3 million to support shortfalls in the...
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. >>> thanks to a glitch, you got an extra day to file state taxes after problems with online tax payments. the system crashed because so many people were trying to pay online, online payment is up 66%. because of the issues, california officials extended the deadline by a day but this is just for your california return. for more information go to kpix.com/tax. >>> federal investigators are looking at last year's chevron refinery fire in richmond. chevron was allowed to monitor rather than fix the potential problems. the company had the resources and expertise to know the risk but there was no intervention before the accident happened. >>> california lawmakers are proposing a plastic bag ban that could go into effect. there are 70 cities with similar laws. senate bill 405 would supersede all of them. an initial hearing set for tomorrow in the environmental quality committee. >>> 4:42. what your heart rate can tell you about your risk of death. >>> plus more evidence that being behind the wheel of a car is dangerous. >>> he made it ten feet, we saw him collapse. >> a parents at a youth area
. >>> thanks to a glitch, you got an extra day to file state taxes after problems with online tax payments. the system crashed because so many people were trying to pay online, online payment is up 66%. because of the issues, california officials extended the deadline by a day but this is just for your california return. for more information go to kpix.com/tax. >>> federal investigators are looking at last year's chevron refinery fire in richmond. chevron was allowed to...
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i want you to use the parcel taxes to be used for that purpose. it says that the taxes will prevent layoffs and to provide affordable qualify education for citizens. this is what i'm asking you to do and your resolution is going to help do that. now i committed might have to pay $632 for the next 8 years to maintain the quality of the education and i'm asking you to help us see that those funds are being used for what's intend. as a teacher for over 26 years i've never seen this. for faculties and students are being ignored. i feel fine we're not just the ones who are being ignored. now i want to continue to help my students. i'm tooech too non-credit classes this semester and students are being negatively impacted >> so, please wrap up. >> i'm asking you in our resolution i said that the city college of san francisco is crucial to the committee and social development of san francisco. i'm urging you to affirm that by moving the resolution forward >> i'm a native of san francisco. i got involved with this movement because it's been an undesk gover
i want you to use the parcel taxes to be used for that purpose. it says that the taxes will prevent layoffs and to provide affordable qualify education for citizens. this is what i'm asking you to do and your resolution is going to help do that. now i committed might have to pay $632 for the next 8 years to maintain the quality of the education and i'm asking you to help us see that those funds are being used for what's intend. as a teacher for over 26 years i've never seen this. for faculties...
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there's some sources that are urban leashed and don't generate tax precedes. and there's a cost of providing city services in that budget. and we try and track that over time. there's a general prim the harbors shouldn't subsidize or excuse me. the general fund shouldn't subsidize those services. the improvements to piers and seismic upgrades there in the capital fund also like along with historic properties listed on the national register. so as we are thinking about forming districts along the port property and the first proposed districts will likely be considered in 2014 so we're a ways away from requesting the styrofoam a districts. there would be a policy framework everybody sort of accepted there would be community oversight but those structures don't exist so we're going to propose local districts to answer those issues. there are some just a few minutes properties where it might making make sense to include those ports particularly pier 70 but there's guidelines. we're suggesting that it's a policy decision for the board of supervisors when a district
there's some sources that are urban leashed and don't generate tax precedes. and there's a cost of providing city services in that budget. and we try and track that over time. there's a general prim the harbors shouldn't subsidize or excuse me. the general fund shouldn't subsidize those services. the improvements to piers and seismic upgrades there in the capital fund also like along with historic properties listed on the national register. so as we are thinking about forming districts along...
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involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organi
involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then...
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for more information on tax day go to kpix/tax. >>> folks rushing to the post office had to battle the winds today. >> two mondays we've had the strong winds. strong storms moving in. we're going to have them for a while. windy conditions overnight. breezy throughout the day tomorrow. after that, it will be about the sunshine. if you're heading out this evening, it will be windy. hold onto your hat. wind gusts from this morning when winds were strongest, 57 miles per hour. st. carlos 45 miles per hour. on the bridge, 42 miles per hour wind gusts today. this front did not give us much rainfall. we had some in the south bay earlier this morning. the high definition doppler is dry. overnight lows tonight because winds are from the north, it will be chilly. redwood city 43. oakland's low 45 degrees. high pressure building in from the west. like last week, we had a low pass by and intensify. with the front, not much rainfall. it's windy. this area of high pressure and low pressure causes the wind. we're caught in between tonight and tomorrow with a strong north to northwest wind. watching t
for more information on tax day go to kpix/tax. >>> folks rushing to the post office had to battle the winds today. >> two mondays we've had the strong winds. strong storms moving in. we're going to have them for a while. windy conditions overnight. breezy throughout the day tomorrow. after that, it will be about the sunshine. if you're heading out this evening, it will be windy. hold onto your hat. wind gusts from this morning when winds were strongest, 57 miles per hour. st....
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establishing that all tax permits shall be used in the vehicles. and section to reduce the ma to $225,000 and change the surround radio price there is one requested amendment to the board resolution that relates to the use of any bringdown electric or hybrid vehicles. your suggested change is as i said on your resolution and the result you cause would read that all new tax permits whether or not transferred or leased shall be operated with an electric by 1 hundred boy diesel or other fuel changes as authorized any ms ta expectation is the passenger or fuel efficiency >> the way we'll do that is staff presentation hear from the public and then we'll go back and consider the amendment. i'd like to a welcome marilyn thank you from the city attorney's office. >> thank you, mr. chair and members of the board. so we at your direction have been working inform improve taxi service and have taken on a number of different tax roefrpdz but at the core of improving taxi services i mentioned is making sure that we have the right number of taxis on the street an
establishing that all tax permits shall be used in the vehicles. and section to reduce the ma to $225,000 and change the surround radio price there is one requested amendment to the board resolution that relates to the use of any bringdown electric or hybrid vehicles. your suggested change is as i said on your resolution and the result you cause would read that all new tax permits whether or not transferred or leased shall be operated with an electric by 1 hundred boy diesel or other fuel...
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and 811 - 12 the committee should inform the expenditures of taxpayers' money generated by parcel tax. in the past the committee has requested that data be shared and the impact the revenues are having on the community. and we're asked to give honest information about our activities. we're going to have a report from one of our colleagues and offer recommendations. we've heard a lot of pregnancy and as a result we'd to touch on 3 reports oneor technology. there's are a great many things happening in this district and we'll not been able to get into those reports in detail but we hope you'll ask for those. also the progr managers in the audience if you have any concerns please ask for details. >> i'm a partner with bev and we as auditors we have audited the tax fund for the second year now. we actually issue two reports one is an actual financial report of revenues and expenditures in there we issue an opinion on that balance shoot and the related other statement alter that form the parcel tax fund. there again, i don't want to spend a lot of time begin on there but their roughly $34 m
and 811 - 12 the committee should inform the expenditures of taxpayers' money generated by parcel tax. in the past the committee has requested that data be shared and the impact the revenues are having on the community. and we're asked to give honest information about our activities. we're going to have a report from one of our colleagues and offer recommendations. we've heard a lot of pregnancy and as a result we'd to touch on 3 reports oneor technology. there's are a great many things...
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most people on ssi can't get into a tax credit building. they are definitionally excluded so i was suggesting that the city use some level of general funds and layer a subsidy just like for homeless folks and get some of the newer accessible units affordable to our folks. >> that would be wonderful. >> okay. jazzy. >> how many clients are you seeing per day or are they repeating clients that you have worked in the past? can you elaborate on that more? >> yeah i don't have statistics with that but i can tell you we handle over 2,000 cases a year for about 1500 folks. many of those folks are returning clients especially in housing, because those folks have on going challenges that don't necessarily get fixed readily. >> i have a few questions. could you talk a little bit your success rate in terms of stopping evictions? you talk about that and people coming in with eviction problems and how successful are you? and i know how hard it's to stop an eviction and ellis and do you have a good success rate? >> success is a challenging term to define
most people on ssi can't get into a tax credit building. they are definitionally excluded so i was suggesting that the city use some level of general funds and layer a subsidy just like for homeless folks and get some of the newer accessible units affordable to our folks. >> that would be wonderful. >> okay. jazzy. >> how many clients are you seeing per day or are they repeating clients that you have worked in the past? can you elaborate on that more? >> yeah i don't...
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we do allow tax returns, projections. credit unions do not charge an additional loan or processing fee. processing time, on a small loan, -- consumer loans probably a few days. because we require a business plan, sometimes it takes longer. business plans take a while. especially bank statements. we need to see consistent income coming in. so far, a credit union delinquent rate is quite low because we are working with a client. we want to keep that low and as part of our mission. there is no application fee. if you are interested in an application or information, i have brochures, or you can give us a call. >> thank you. next is marked with wells fargo. >> hello, i work for wells fargo bank. i cover the northern california region. i usually focus on about $350 -- $350,000 of sbe loans. last year, for 2010, i did 43 loans. so we are lending. i usually focus on six different types of loans. start-ups, business acquisitions, real estate purchases with ti's, working capital, a partner buyouts, business expansion. when i am loo
we do allow tax returns, projections. credit unions do not charge an additional loan or processing fee. processing time, on a small loan, -- consumer loans probably a few days. because we require a business plan, sometimes it takes longer. business plans take a while. especially bank statements. we need to see consistent income coming in. so far, a credit union delinquent rate is quite low because we are working with a client. we want to keep that low and as part of our mission. there is no...
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30 years the issuance of one or more than series city and county of san francisco, california 2013 tax and revenue anticipation notes in an aggregate principle note not to exceed one hundred million dollars authorizing the delivery of a april official statement official statement and official notice of sale approving the continuing disclosure certificate and other demonstrates related through to and other documents mr. there with. i have no public speakers signed up for this. you want to tell them >> we have flashbacks from a movie. >> seeing no comments from the board can i have a role call. >> (calling roll). >> thank you very much. thank you for coming i'm sorry we didn't have any questions for you but we're glad over here. we're going to move on to other issues there's none tonight. and we have a resolution number 1 thai 9 was already moved and seconded on april 9th. conspires as departed so will you give us a report from the grounds committee >> yes and a can i have reading of the recommendation? >> i'd like to call steve. >> he's above my pie grade. >> somehow, i heard that was a
30 years the issuance of one or more than series city and county of san francisco, california 2013 tax and revenue anticipation notes in an aggregate principle note not to exceed one hundred million dollars authorizing the delivery of a april official statement official statement and official notice of sale approving the continuing disclosure certificate and other demonstrates related through to and other documents mr. there with. i have no public speakers signed up for this. you want to tell...
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new commercial high-rise officials building breaking ground this spring were we passed the business tax reform and bonds to renew our parks and open spaces. for the first time we've got to balanced budget. our budget resources are growing. this summer we welcomed the first north cup race. our beloved giant swept the world series. and our baseballs champions but i like to say we're the champions. and in 6 days our incredible 49ers will take the field with the whole city behind them. my fellow san franciscans i would smut to you our city a vital and strong. this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under our prior mayor we're the green tech capital of north america and the number one for green jobs according to the best magazines and we're also rated highly for losing weight. in the case of san francisc
new commercial high-rise officials building breaking ground this spring were we passed the business tax reform and bonds to renew our parks and open spaces. for the first time we've got to balanced budget. our budget resources are growing. this summer we welcomed the first north cup race. our beloved giant swept the world series. and our baseballs champions but i like to say we're the champions. and in 6 days our incredible 49ers will take the field with the whole city behind them. my fellow...
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their my case lanes removed on the street there would be such outrage you would have to call in the tax squad. the thing about this the parking spaces are being defended by those people and its endsable. the fact is people only shop once a week in contrast to people they could be making a thousand dollars in a purpose and those parking spaces are always in demand and so to remove them is really very destructive. i feel the bicyclists feeling is today hope street tomorrow the world. it will not hamper bicycling at all also in respect to the accident bicyclists have been struck how many of them went against the red light. we have to statistics about that. and one thing about the bike lanes being so close to the curb you can be struck by a bicyclist it's face direct serve service. those are my comments i can understand it out rage of the folks but the bicyclists can be equally as anti raged >> (calling names). >> commissioners and audience at large thank you for let me eliciting me speak. i have two issues before me were one is that we talked about apps and app companies there's companies
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and specify the tax increment may not be allocated to the cities general fund and to protect against sea level rise and finally, we consider the approval of this to be a policy decision. we'll be happy to respond to any questions and any questions? >> thank you very much for the recommendations. i think the changing the criteria 5 to look at the net fiscal general cities fund i'm wondering on behavior of the controllers office can comment not so much on all but in general what comments do you have about i f ds in the general fund if we move forward in the future? >> mr. chairman monique i'm from the controllers office. this is diverted for the benefits of the area and it really would depends on the developments of the property. we can do another analysis and this has been used in san francisco. in order to red blithe and improve the economical condition of that area but it does have the effect of moving money for this particular purpose over a long period of time >> and to address blithe and to raise up communities but for you f ds it might not be specific types of areas but it would
and specify the tax increment may not be allocated to the cities general fund and to protect against sea level rise and finally, we consider the approval of this to be a policy decision. we'll be happy to respond to any questions and any questions? >> thank you very much for the recommendations. i think the changing the criteria 5 to look at the net fiscal general cities fund i'm wondering on behavior of the controllers office can comment not so much on all but in general what comments do...
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wouldn't have the access tax. i do support the budget analysts recommendations and i have a couple of other issues that i'll talk to supervisor kim's office. but this is important probation officer to move forward. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker please and excuse me, sir could i come up to the mike . anyone else that would like to commit? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues any comments? so we just have to vote on the resolution itself. supervisor kim >> thank you and i apologize for missing the beginning of the meeting. overall i'm very supportive of the guidelines that are coming before the board of supervisors. i do think that the infrastructures are greatly needed. and noting, of course, any projects that do have to get finally approved i'm very supportive of the budget analyst amendment and there's been some discussion about. i think it's important to get a sense of the bends but also the net impact to our general fund. we're setting aside a portion of the general fund for those i
wouldn't have the access tax. i do support the budget analysts recommendations and i have a couple of other issues that i'll talk to supervisor kim's office. but this is important probation officer to move forward. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker please and excuse me, sir could i come up to the mike . anyone else that would like to commit? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues any comments? so we just have to vote on the resolution itself. supervisor kim >>...
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we will actually looked beyond tax occurrence. that is one of the things we can do as a non-regulated lenders. we are able to look at cash- based businesses in some ways that would be difficult for a larger financial institutions. in terms of lending based on projections, we typically do not lie on -- rely on projections, but unless is a contract that has been awarded. we're really looking at what actually you already have in the household. in terms of credit, we want to see that your credit is currently in good standing, but a mix credit history is ok. that is another way we might differ from a more traditional lender. we want to see that currently, you have no unpaid tax liens, child support, or judgments. we have no automatic credits for cut off. we are more interested in the substance of a client and where they are today. if you have no credit within credit, we can work with that. a portly, and you will hear this from all small business leaders, and it is something to get in your head now, all of our loans are personally guara
we will actually looked beyond tax occurrence. that is one of the things we can do as a non-regulated lenders. we are able to look at cash- based businesses in some ways that would be difficult for a larger financial institutions. in terms of lending based on projections, we typically do not lie on -- rely on projections, but unless is a contract that has been awarded. we're really looking at what actually you already have in the household. in terms of credit, we want to see that your credit is...
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they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after t
they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we...
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you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plaintiff may not be a professional plaintiff. that does not make any difference. the defense has been tried in court. is a civil rights statute. -- it is a civil rights statute. they can be a perfectly legitimate plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit, and there are a number of people who belong to disability organizations that actually, that is what their livelihood is, bringing these lawsuits. the gentleman over here, who was also a lawyer knows of at least one case involving two lawsuits. they started all neighborhoods. the target places like san francisco because this is an old city with old buildings, virtually none of which comply. we only have new construction that would be billed to 1988 compliance standards, usually. whatever kind of business you have, the build
you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plaintiff may not be a professional plaintiff. that does not make any difference. the defense has been tried in court. is a civil rights statute. -- it is a civil rights statute. they can be a perfectly legitimate plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit,...
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that if they are here, we have to think through with them as we did with our change in our payroll tax eliminating that to a gross receipts tax but doing it in a way that every industry of our city, is entitiled diswietd to come in and tell us how do they make mundo they make sure in this transition we do it by not hurting any of the industries healthcare, commercial real estate and financial and we solve a lot of problems through that collaboration and so i think by having good pollcies and tight communications with our business community and supporting them when they do create jobs with good idea for them and exciting the employ jesus having reasons for wanting to be in the bay area and best foods and investment in the arts is really helpful because the creative mind want that support from the art commune and we are doing that literally on such a market to attract employees. >> oakland had a good -- on a few year ago on tech companies pandora and -- in terms of headline making companies that seeps to have gone cold recently is that unfair impression or is there something that needs t
that if they are here, we have to think through with them as we did with our change in our payroll tax eliminating that to a gross receipts tax but doing it in a way that every industry of our city, is entitiled diswietd to come in and tell us how do they make mundo they make sure in this transition we do it by not hurting any of the industries healthcare, commercial real estate and financial and we solve a lot of problems through that collaboration and so i think by having good pollcies and...
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is two% it's a little weaker than that in the opt year because you get a slower start because of the tax that weighs on consumer spending in the first couple of quarters inflation is more or less in line with the fed's target rate of roughly two% and i i think we do a farrell decedent job with our forecast and you can tabling me into talking about upside or down side risk here with you there is one line federal funds target rate and i feel confidant about our forecast for that line because the federal reserve is told that is where they are going to keep the short term interest rates between now and 2014 and if you are looking at the ten year rate and wondering when can i expect to put money in a cd or short-term savings account and expect a normal rate of return, unfortunately probably not at anytime in our 44 cast period and if you look at the treasury it closed at one 99 and two% for the last couple of most and is for the next two years it doesn't get above 2.6% and so what we are really saying there is if you look at united states treasuries right now the two biggest buyer of threshys
is two% it's a little weaker than that in the opt year because you get a slower start because of the tax that weighs on consumer spending in the first couple of quarters inflation is more or less in line with the fed's target rate of roughly two% and i i think we do a farrell decedent job with our forecast and you can tabling me into talking about upside or down side risk here with you there is one line federal funds target rate and i feel confidant about our forecast for that line because the...
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and the difference compared to redevelopment is property taxes are divided into a number of recipients the state gets a property tax dollar and the remaining $0.10 is divided up between the school district and community college district. and under an infrastructure financing district typically the only increment that can be captured is the $0.65. you can't capture the money it goes to schools or to the community college district. so it's property taxes can be used to a finance infrastructure through bonds or on a pay as you go basis. the ports are structured a little bit differently. redevelopment focused on providing affordable housing. by state law 20 percent of the increment must be spent on parks, bay assess and the remove of bay fill. as you know there's significant historic contamination along the port property. so in 2005 is when we first went up to try to develop the tool and it was really based on the work that the director and cf o director did in the first 10 year capital plan. the plan says the structural financial plan is not in its operating budget it's instead the bag lo
and the difference compared to redevelopment is property taxes are divided into a number of recipients the state gets a property tax dollar and the remaining $0.10 is divided up between the school district and community college district. and under an infrastructure financing district typically the only increment that can be captured is the $0.65. you can't capture the money it goes to schools or to the community college district. so it's property taxes can be used to a finance infrastructure...
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of the city and county for the cost of those elections so the school is charged if there's a partial tax and those are based on the actual costs of the inclusion of the items in the ballot and the voting cards address so forth. for fiscal 11, 12 they charged $284,000 this was for the candidate. this was charging for the discounted rate and that number it one through 7. and the public i tilts commission also charges the community college 2 hundred and 407 thousand for the lease of the southeast community facility and however the city pays rent to the excellently for that the college pace 2 hundred and 7 thousand and the puc subsidies the power so the total cost to the excellently in the departments proximate $2.26 million in this past fiscal year on the second page. there's some detail on the elections in prior years it ranges between $20,300,000 depending upon the items on the voter pamphlet and the last item identifies money that the human agencies gives to the college and that amounts to about $2.8 million. so again, it's charges for services they're not in kind their actual services t
of the city and county for the cost of those elections so the school is charged if there's a partial tax and those are based on the actual costs of the inclusion of the items in the ballot and the voting cards address so forth. for fiscal 11, 12 they charged $284,000 this was for the candidate. this was charging for the discounted rate and that number it one through 7. and the public i tilts commission also charges the community college 2 hundred and 407 thousand for the lease of the southeast...
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that i think some of you will know and really think will help us reach that stage. -- 12%, property tax transfer trend is doing very very well, we have created 5,000 jobs, unemployment is down about four%. so what we are saying is that the city has really strong standard growth so where are the opportunities. well we have already had a shout out about healthcare and we have got i know highland hospitals here and kaiser is here is children's hospital is about to with uc s f and that is an important trend because as we grow as a region if we no longer -- although we will have to debate about certain teams it's something that is not necessarily drab for oakland and oakland is not something that should necessarily be bad for san francisco because in the rest of the world they call us the golden triangle and san francisco is a financial strength with oakland at the -- which, is they see us as a region and they come to look at investing in our area, they pretty much make a round and they don't just go to oakland they look at us and see us as a region. so healthcare, main strength of the kaise
that i think some of you will know and really think will help us reach that stage. -- 12%, property tax transfer trend is doing very very well, we have created 5,000 jobs, unemployment is down about four%. so what we are saying is that the city has really strong standard growth so where are the opportunities. well we have already had a shout out about healthcare and we have got i know highland hospitals here and kaiser is here is children's hospital is about to with uc s f and that is an...
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so an ongoing tax revenues and the port seeking to do the appropriate upgrade to a be able to host the events. i think the port expanded the cycle of their activities. and that was evaluated through the improved use of the ports facilities. at that point there have been a number of agreements about how certain things were going to be paid for during the events and preparations for the events and then on the capital side for narrow improvements that weren't going to be paid for by the ports. those are around pier 29 facility. so together and this is going to be used fulfill looking it now we've seen approximately $3.3 million of costs that the general costs were going to pay from lost rents from lost tenants and other consulting costs. of that amount $300,000 has been paid to the port and has been compensated. so what's the next step? after the america's cup events in 2012 we learned what with your not only what with your doing with the fundraising but to bring people to san francisco. on the fundraising front the mayor lee in particular and his staff really sort of working with us and
so an ongoing tax revenues and the port seeking to do the appropriate upgrade to a be able to host the events. i think the port expanded the cycle of their activities. and that was evaluated through the improved use of the ports facilities. at that point there have been a number of agreements about how certain things were going to be paid for during the events and preparations for the events and then on the capital side for narrow improvements that weren't going to be paid for by the ports....
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first of all businesses are paying taxes so why can't we get all businesses from the tax rolls; secondly there are lists available to every neighborhood in business so it baffles me as a person who teaches direct marketing to uc berkeley . but they can't figure this out or take any suggestions for that that is extremely frustrating and part of the other problem is that they are doing a lot of their work out of the city. so for example when they do notify ,they are doing this out of hayward, and you can imagine that they would certainly hear this from me and they do and they promised they wouldn't do it again but so far we haven't had any other notification. so with the retail that we do have in the northeast mission we wanted to survive along with our pdr zone and at our meeting in the northeast mission we had quite it group from polk street came to our meeting a few weeks ago
first of all businesses are paying taxes so why can't we get all businesses from the tax rolls; secondly there are lists available to every neighborhood in business so it baffles me as a person who teaches direct marketing to uc berkeley . but they can't figure this out or take any suggestions for that that is extremely frustrating and part of the other problem is that they are doing a lot of their work out of the city. so for example when they do notify ,they are doing this out of hayward, and...
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they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how is the ferry building doing in terms of creating revenue? >> it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. >> this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the ferry building. >> there are a lot of visitors here. definitely a lot of locals, too, who feel strongly about the connection to the marketplace. >> you were mentioning that this is pierre -- pier 14. >> first, it was a brick water for the downtown ferry terminal, constructed in 2001. after that, we added public access on top of it and connected it to the land side. now is eight 637-foot-long public access pier to enjoy the day, watched the very activity. there is a little bit of art on top of it. there are swivel chairs on a it and there are little sea >> can you t about proposition a th
they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how is the ferry building doing in terms of creating revenue? >> it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. >> this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the...
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the few casualties and massive amount of injuries, it taxes the system. so, we would be able to do the best we can in term of an automatic immediate response. we'd also partner with the private entities in terms of our ambulance care. and then we have mutual aid agreements as well. so, we're well versed on having to ring the bell, if you will, to get additional resources. but certainly a tragic ebit like what happened in boston would tax our resource he on a given day here in the city. but we have plans in place to be able to augment those resources. >> this is my last question. i know you were able to successfully hire a number of station 49 members which are pretty much all of the paramedics of all of the department or staff. is there a plan to bring on more at station 49 in general? >> yes. last year we were able to bring in through sort of the entry level, hp1 level emts. many of those emts have since promoted up to be paramedics. our goal is the amount of people we're bringing over from station 49, be they emts or paramedic, we cross train them as fi
the few casualties and massive amount of injuries, it taxes the system. so, we would be able to do the best we can in term of an automatic immediate response. we'd also partner with the private entities in terms of our ambulance care. and then we have mutual aid agreements as well. so, we're well versed on having to ring the bell, if you will, to get additional resources. but certainly a tragic ebit like what happened in boston would tax our resource he on a given day here in the city. but we...
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taxes which allows special tax for transportation to be included but it's a broader net in terms of it's authority to do a threshold. all of those are scheduled to be heard with several other measures to deal with other policy areas for senate government and finances committee on may 5th. i had a conversation with the protem's office and we may see these bills move to keep them alive and in position from a deadline perspective, but he does not expect any of these voter threshold bills to be adopted year and anticipates if any due it will be in 2014. that's my report. >> are there any questions, colleagues? any member of the public who would like to speak on this matter? all right. seeing there is no one from the public and seeing there is none from colleagues, we close this. are there any questions? all right. we have a motion? thank you very much. motion made by commissioner chiu without objection. madam clerk please read item no. 4. >> reading no. 4. an action item. >> very much. good morning commissioners. this item is to recommend a planning services a board to parsons in terms
taxes which allows special tax for transportation to be included but it's a broader net in terms of it's authority to do a threshold. all of those are scheduled to be heard with several other measures to deal with other policy areas for senate government and finances committee on may 5th. i had a conversation with the protem's office and we may see these bills move to keep them alive and in position from a deadline perspective, but he does not expect any of these voter threshold bills to be...
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the same thing with general fund and gas tax, the bulk of that is mostly cola payments and cop debt service subsidy. that will take you to the next slide that actually shows what that debt service is. the budget increase is due to the revenue growth. in the year 13-14 our proposed general fund subsidy is higher than the 12-13 by -- that is 1% less than the baseline of the budget cut. so, in short, we met our target cut that we were at in the budget process. next slide shows how we use our budget. by the various parts of dpw, the -- about 37% of our budget is in capital projects and the next largest is street environmental services which is about 17%. and then we have a few other bureaus, building repair bureau, urban forestry, street mapping and street and sewer repair, those are between 8 and 12%. and then, of course, you can see our administration is 12%. administration does cover many of the department functions, both bookkeeping, finance, computer staff and the running of the day to day agency. and [speaker not understood] requirements, we talked about tree maintenance. tree maintenance
the same thing with general fund and gas tax, the bulk of that is mostly cola payments and cop debt service subsidy. that will take you to the next slide that actually shows what that debt service is. the budget increase is due to the revenue growth. in the year 13-14 our proposed general fund subsidy is higher than the 12-13 by -- that is 1% less than the baseline of the budget cut. so, in short, we met our target cut that we were at in the budget process. next slide shows how we use our...
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so the tax goes down because people are smoking less? then the propose h money from the public education enrichment fund has been going up but it need to be reauthorize in 2014 is that right >> it has to be reauthorized correct. we also have in propose 10 we've been award a grant from the federal government down to the california department of ed down to us which is part of the president obama's race to the top grant. we have about $50,000 that are for the cares plus and that's helping providers rise their quality. we also have a planned reserve for $8 million next year and a question. thank you for being here. t the letters reverse so overall did you have that somewhere? thank you. one other question related to supervisor mar said. we've seen a downward trend in revenues >> i think the highest we've got is 11 million i'm sorry. it's been about 9 million and our projections from the treasurer is t will continue to go down. i'll show you our projections. this is a little bit about our expenditures. i'm going to tell you a little bit more
so the tax goes down because people are smoking less? then the propose h money from the public education enrichment fund has been going up but it need to be reauthorize in 2014 is that right >> it has to be reauthorized correct. we also have in propose 10 we've been award a grant from the federal government down to the california department of ed down to us which is part of the president obama's race to the top grant. we have about $50,000 that are for the cares plus and that's helping...